Woman involved in baby theft at SCB hospital arrested

Cuttack: The Commissionerate Police has nabbed the woman, whose photo was released by the cops yesterday, for stealing a newborn from the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack on March 8.

Besides, the Mangalabag police yesterday night rescued two newborns, who were stolen by the woman from the SCB hospital on January 5 and March 8. While one was recovered from Kafla Bazar, the other one was rescued from Barang area.

Police suspect the accused woman, who identified herself as an ASHA worker and abducted the baby boy from the Cuttack hospital, might be involved in similar case at other places as well.

Preliminary probe shows the accused is working at a Cuttack-based nursing home, said police sources.

Notably, a complaint was lodged at the Mangalabag police station on October 8 alleging a newborn boy was taken from the baby’s aunt by a woman, who introduced herself as an ASHA worker, at the immunization centre of the SCB hospital and fled.

In last October, a baby boy was also allegedly stolen from the hospital in Cuttack.